Got out at 12th St BART on way home from work but lines of riot police were blocking all sides of the street and they were not allowing people back into BART for awhile. Some people trying to take the bus near where I was taking pictures were pretty upset at the police for the over-reaction to a small peaceful protest and and complained to me that Oakland claims to have a shortage of police but somehow found thousands of cops to block off streets not even that near the protest (which you can just make out in the distance in some of these photos)

I just switched computers and I can't hear any sound for KGO right now. The other TV news feeds aren't are revealing about the protest - they're interviewing the family. It looks like on some street with 100 officers, there are two clusters where they're arresting people, but it's not clear why. maybe they snatched two folks for no reason preemptively, or maybe something happened.

KGO finally said that tear gas or pepper bullets were used. Earlier it hadn't happened near the Foot locker store. I like that the TV people are at least still over there. The protest doesn't look enormous, but the people involved look pretty nice.

Did you vote for Pelosi? Then you democraticly forced thissame hell on 3rd world peasants arond the world.

Maybe you should reap what you sow. maybe you should live the hell you democraticly forced onto hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people around the world. Maybe you should see how offensive you are when you vote for democraps and republitrash.

This is the world you have democraticly created. this is the world you have chosen.

Ohhh, but you are special. Right? You are deserving of something better. Right?

The second outrage is that you think, or rather FEEL, that you are more deserving than the people you democraticly destroy.

Now, live on KRON - at 10:05 it seems to be quiet where the news van is next to the arrest bus, but several blocks away there is something burning, with a fire truck going towards it. There was a popping sound. The reporter is discussing people nearby who are either plainclothes or local residents who are being allowed to stand in front of their building. theya re also expressing amazement that there is this fire larger than a trashcan down the street (I bet it's a dumpster, and that officers are letting off some dconcussion grenades) when there are about 1000 officers in the vicinity.

I don't think the dynamics are quite like Toronto G20. There, a few kids with hammers were easily able to jog down the street breaking windows because police were so scared of being hurt that they only stayed in large platoons (who repressively encircled large groups the next day). In Oakland, individual small groups of officers seem to be more mobile.

Tango stands for Tactically Aggressive and Necessary Gambit of Options. This team goes forward and "dances" with the crowd. The Tango Team can bring to bear the entire spectrum of use-of-force options from command presence through deadly force - in a controlled, self-contained package.

This unit of special weapons team members can be mobilized to support riot response teams in the event of violent activity by angry crowds. Using extended range weapons (e.g., rubber bullets and beanbag ammunition), the Tango Team can strike selected targets in the crowd from beyond rock and bottle receiving range. This not only deters the crowd but also helps protect officers from injury."